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I have not edited the original email he sent, so this is still almost entirely his work. If I get a chance, I may go through and compare with notes, etc. Readers who want to help with this freaking enormous research project can either email me to take on a whole team or just look at one in the series, find a player with “unknown” or something, go research them and post the results in the comments.

Please note that I am trying to refrain from drawing any conclusions or making any comparisons, guessing at causes or relationships, or doing anything but presenting straight data. When the series is finished, I’ll have a summary post where I talk about those things.

In every organization so far there have been are several cases where those stats seem to ignore something important. I’m going at attempt to address those in the summary post, as well as methodology and thoughts on future research directions.

Readers are, as always, encouraged to to add/correct information here in the comments or by email. Citations are particularly welcome.

Here is the raw data for each prospect along with the Number/Year they were BA prospects:

Alfredo Gonzalez – 7/2003
Signed as an amateur free agent in 1997. Currently pitching in Las Vegas. Missed the end of 2003 and most of 2004 with shoulder problems.

Antonio Osuna – 2/1995
Signed as an amateur free agent in 1991. Signed the White Sox as a free agent in 2001. Missed most of 1999 and 2000 after having a bone spur removed from his elbow in April and Tommy John surgery in September of 1999.

Ben Diggins – 1/2001, 4/2002
First round draft pick in 2000. Traded with Shane Nance to Milwaukee for Tyler Houston in 2002. Had Tommy John surgery in 2003.

Jonathan Figueroa – 2/2003
Signed as an amateur free agent in 2002. Currently pitching in Vero Beach.

Jose Rojas – 8/2002
Signed as an amateur free agent in 2002. Where is he now? Missed most of 2002 and the beginning of 2003 after Tommy John surgery.

Kris Foster – 10/2000
Acquired from the Expos for Rafeal Bournigal in 1995. Traded with Geronimo Gil to Baltimore for
Mike Trombley in 2001. Missed most of the 2000 season due to shoulder surgery.

Kym Ashworth – 8/1994, 10/1995
Signed by the Dodgers in 1993. Selected by Detroit in the AAA/AA rounds of the Rule V draft in 1998. Missed the 1997 season due to injury.

Luke Prokopec – 6/1999, 5/2001
Signed as an amateur free agent in 1994. Traded with Chad Ricketts to Toronto for Paul Quantrill and Cesar Izturis in 2002.

Mike Judd – 3/1998, 3/1999, 6/2000, 6/2001
Acquired from the Yankees for Billy Brewer in 1996. Traded to Tampa Bay as part of a conditional deal in 2001 and then selected off waivers by Texas the following day.

Comments

Felix Rodriguez – 9/1995, 9/1996
Signed as an amateur free agent in 1989. Selected off waivers by Cincinnati in 1996. Injured himself exiting the shower in 2005.

Yeeesh… don’t drop the soap.

Nick on
June 14th, 2005 10:50 am

Why is Darren Dreifort not included in this list?

DMZ on
June 14th, 2005 10:53 am

Dreifort wasn’t on a Top Ten Prospects list from 1995-2004.

Fearing Blue on
June 17th, 2005 2:03 pm

If Gagne needs a second Tommy John surgery, that will make three top prospects in the Dodgers organization since 1994 who have had two Tommy John surgeries (Darren Dreifort, Eric Gagne, and Hong-Chih Kuo). The Dodgers certainly look to be challenging the Mariners as one of the worst organization dealing with their top prospects. Hopefully, DePodesta was able to bring some lessons learned with him from the Oakland organization.